322 Lesson 286

The devil exists.

A few days after I reported encountering something unidentified with bat wings in the cemetery, Master Farga asked me about the fact.

It's scattered, it's a monster. I've been called the devil, but I'm just surprised by this fact.

Anyway, I assumed that the devil was a fantastic creature in this world.

But on second thought, this was a world with vampires and dragons, and it wasn't surprising to be about the devil, so I was able to calm down quickly.

But that calm was soon to be disrupted by Lady Farga's next words.

'--dig me back into the grave. Not all. A place for the mighty to sleep in the kingdom of Ringle.'

I wasn't the only one surprised by the words, Rose, who came to the hall with me, also kept her eyes open with her arms in her arms.

The Devil's Purpose - It's not to monitor me and Rose, maybe it's in the cemetery we were coming to.

The wreckage is taken away somewhere.

Hearing such a frightening story, Master Lloyd gave instructions to look into those who sleep in the grave, with a grieving face.

"--Usato, you stay back."

Rose said so quietly, pushing her emotions to death, perhaps knowing that some of them were Aur.

I tried to follow her, who would accidentally be heading to the graveyard, but I decided to take Rose's inner thoughts and pull back very hard.

Permission and description to survivors.

After watching the hall move out meticulously to discuss them, I decided to leave.

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Return from the castle to the quarters and be alone in the room in thought.

It's twilight at night, but Rose hasn't returned yet.

"The Devil, huh?"

If it was the devil who was watching us, was the purpose of Mr. Aur's remains?

But for what?

Though it's tough to think about, to use it for something?

"All of a sudden, I don't care if they say demons or something."

"Why are you worried about yourself now?"

"Huh!?"

Turning to his voice from behind, there was Nair right behind him.

When did you come into my room?

"About a knock..."

"No, I did. I knew it was a sign, so I snuck in."

"Oh, yeah... wait, why?"

Need to sneak in?

I know you're here, so what about Shinobi?

As Nair tilts her neck at the lack of connection between the first and second half words, she lights the desk with a magic fixture with a bitter face.

"Why are you darkening this room already?"

"Just think about it... what do you mean you're worried about yourself"

"Oh, didn't you think about the devil?"

"Demon = Let's stop thinking about me first...!"

This guy really thinks so...!?

... No, maybe I could talk to Nair.

I've forgotten before, this kid is a vampire and a necromancer.

I was stopped from talking about the devil, but this child is my demon, and more importantly, I can trust him.

"Nair, will you listen to me for a second?"

"Long story?"

"Oh."

"Well, I'll ask."

To Nair sitting on her bed, turning to her chair, I tell her that I had encountered a demon the other day and that the demon might be meant to be.

The devil, Nair, who was interested in the word, gives a look that seems difficult when he finishes listening to all the stories.

"I didn't expect your kind to show up..."

"One, the senior screws me up. Two, Mr. Uluru screws me up. Three, seriously talk to me. ——— Well, which one do you want?"

"At three, please..."

I'm serious.

Nair, who responded instantly, puts his index finger on his jaw so that he can regain his mind.

"Well, if it's possible, we could move the body."

"Like you were?"

"Right. I know I've said this before, but flesh can't be made without a soul. My Necromancer's power is to mask that common sense and only manipulate the flesh... but honestly, I don't think it makes much sense to move the flesh of a strong man"

"Why?"

If you're a strong person, you're a strong person.

To my doubt, Nair grabs a spare day book on her desk and starts writing something with a pen.

"Dead flesh is decaying. You can't strengthen that power with magic, but you can only make zombies with a certain amount of power with your forged flesh and everything that has collapsed, right?"

"... Indeed"

"So stealing and manipulating the flesh of a strong man doesn't make so much sense."

I feel a little sorry for myself as I usually work out, but when I die, my flesh naturally just decays.

If you imagine a zombie manipulated by the Nair I saw, it wouldn't make sense to steal the flesh of a strong man.

"So you're saying there's no chance the body's been stolen"

"It's not like that."

Yeah, which one...,

When I almost stumble by accident, Nair shows me what she wrote in her journal.

They are divided as illustrated.

... although I am not convinced that the design was deformed on two heads for some reason.

Besides, do you have a lot of lines on your face? Frankenstein?

"There are ways to restore the flesh with magic and manipulate it as it is. This will bring out some lifetime power, and it will allow us to exert power beyond the limits of our flesh."

The demonic illustration is me (?) I can show illustrations of sorcery in my body.

It's comical in vain, but what I'm doing.

"Is there such magic...?"

"I don't get it. But if you ask around the Demon King, do you understand?"

... Sounds possible.

That's why Master Farga has instructed me.

If the devil is trying to do something with the flesh of the dead -,

"Absolutely. Forgive me."

"... right..."

"Bringing the dead back to life is the worst place to work...! Hey Nair!!"

"You really know what I'm talking about!?"

Tease Nair, who is making fun of him once.

Well, I don't care now.

"But there really was a demon"

"Didn't you know?"

"Yeah. I didn't really believe in literature because it was pretty vague, even though there was something to hint at."

"Hidden in the shadows of history..."

We're likely to be hostile, but can we fight in the first place?

... No, that's no reason to be afraid because they're demons.

"The captain was winged, so you mean there's an entity. If you can hit me, it's this way."

"Wow... you always are... from the devil's point of view, it's pretty scary"

I just can't touch a ghost or anything like that, though.

The problem is how that demon is moving, but as it stands, it would be useless to just think about it because we don't know that.

"I have so much to think about..."

"There are talks."

Nodding at Nair's voice.

The same goes for the devil, but we also have to think about the talks.

"You're in trouble, too. I can't believe you're not brave enough to call me that."

"I'm the one who decided to do it."

Few people can communicate with the Demon King.

He asked me to accompany him in that sense. [M]

"Hehe, I, I might be a little excited."

"Don't go hanging out."

"... wait, can I get there?"

I scratch my cheeks at Nair, who makes a decent face.

Although Nair's ability at the time of the previous talks may distrust her, it's not all this time.

"I need you to be able to handle the magic of the Demon King."

"Could you possibly take Fermu with you?"

"... hmm. That's still a little troubling."

The Four Kingdoms are not the only ones who come to the talks.

Some of them are naturally prejudiced against the Demons because more people come together than before.

Can I take that kid to a place where he could be exposed to the malice of those people...

"If you ask, I'm sure you'll follow me."

"Ha..."

"Instead, if I don't take you, I think I'll assimilate you and follow you before I realize it"

"Seriously...?"

You won't even let me know?

Surprised as she accidentally broke her tone, Nair nodded with a strange face.

"Yeah, well, I don't think that's exactly what I don't realize."

"Perhaps the current dark magic of the Ferms would make it possible? 'Cause I can assimilate enough to manipulate it at your will. Which means it's easier to assimilate."

Should I be glad that the assimilation of me and Fermu has widened the range of tactics?

Or should I be happy that they put that much trust in me from Ferm...... hmm.

"Well, it's funny you haven't noticed who we are."

……

"You're not gonna tell me? Now."

In the dark, if you don't say so, you seem to say.

What? I feel like I'm gripping my weakness even though I didn't do anything wrong.

"And, hey. If I follow you, I can rest my training, and Fermu will want to stick with me."

…… I'm the only one from the lifeguard... "

"... Ha!? Oh, uh!? Sorry! Take me alone because I don't think so!?"

It reacts funny enough to make a joke.

I stare at my palms, grinning at her in a hurry.

"No matter how much I work out, it doesn't change that I'm alone"

"You're rewording it now."

I know it raises questions with humans, so I did it again, didn't I?

Still, staring at Nair, I continue to utter words.

"Even before, I've never been able to solve anything on my own, and I've been here because of everyone, including you. … so let me continue to rely on you?"

Nair turns her eyes only for a moment to my words, but smiles niggly immediately.

"There's absolutely no need to say that now. Whatever it is, I'm your demon, wherever you are, wherever you go, and I'm going to follow you."

Relieve yourself of a confident appearance.

I have never been able to solve anything on my own on a journey from the first battle to defeating the Demon King.

Someone's always helped me, and I've joined forces, so I've moved on.

"Thanks"

"Phew, thank you more"

Nair in a good mood, but soon he'll have a hazy face.

"Oh, but if you think about it, going with you means accompanying the Demon King, right? That's kind of scary..."

"Well, I know you're anxious."

"On the contrary, why are you so blatant?"

I'm going to look at this one with my jito eyes, Nair.

Indeed, I am not too anxious to be accompanied by the Demon King.

"Somehow, I guess it's because I thought we wouldn't be hostile anymore"

"Uh...?"

"There's no basis, though."

If you insist.

I don't say anything that seems like a brain muscle call that I know because I punched each other with fists, etc.

This is nothing but what I assume. [M]

"Although the Demon King does have a bad personality, has a delightful offender part and looks like a pain in the ass, and is an unreasonably strong side-by-side annoying person -"

"For you, I'm going to tell Bollocks..."

"At least now he's moving for the Demons. That's all I think you can believe."

Many people were hurt and sacrificed in the battle against the Demon King's Army.

Though there was a reason to wage battle, that's all...... you must never forget that fact alone.

But on top of that, I swallowed the feeling.

"... hmm?"

Then I hear a knock on the door in my room.

Somewhat reluctant, when you look at the door to the sound of a long, sensory knock.

"Usato, dinner is ready."

"Mr. Nagi."

Apparently, it's been quite a while since we talked.

As she tried to stand up to her voice, Nair, who grinned at what she had come up with, ran up to the door and opened it.

At the end of the door is naturally Mr. Nagi with a surprised look on his face.

"Wow!? Why is Nair in the room?"

"I was just telling you a secret story. Secrets, of."

"Hihi, Hihi secret!?"

Another tricky thing......

I stood up from my chair to solve a misunderstanding when I accidentally held my forehead when I saw Nagi looking forward to having fun.

"Naa, don't be confused..."

"Because your reaction. Something interesting. You know, it's like a cute little tin."

"Is that praised...?"

Then we moved to the dining room upstairs for dinner.

As usual, Alec is cooking dinner for me, so when I tried to step into the dining room where everyone is, thinking about what's for dinner today, at the end of the hallway at the entrance to the dining room - the door to the entrance opens and I realize someone has come in.

Soon after, the green hair in my eyes--Rose came home.

I will welcome her soon. [M]

Welcome back, Captain.

"Oh."

"Just now, it's dinner time, so does the captain -"

"No, rice is fine later. There's more to it than that."

——— Things are different from normal.

Seems no different from the usual Rose by my side, but from what I can tell, I've never seen her so emotionally pushed.

"Captain"

"... what's up?"

"Did you find Aur's body?"

I really don't want to ask you this question.

But I have to ask.

"--- It was empty in the coffin"

The purpose of the devil is Mr. Aur's body.

Is that also after you've even stolen the body already?

……

Have you ever been so angry?

At the earliest, unspoken emotions dominate the head.

That is why my hand rests on my head when I push with reason more anger than I held against Samaritan's magician or Jinya in Hinomoto.

I realize that's Rose's hand, and I look up unexpectedly.

Don't worry about it.

"But..."

"We have decided what we need to do. A former subordinate, I don't know what, but it doesn't matter. Whether the dead are brought back to life or only manipulated by the body."

That's what I said. She laughed and showed it at her usual rate.

An angry, fierce grin - I am also distracted by the look on my face that is not commensurate with this situation.

"Do you fear as much as you steal a body? No, it's not this way to be understood (...), Usat"

"... yes, you're right"

We have to tell them who the hell they turned on the enemy.

There is a threat that will stand in the way - and I will never forgive an enemy if it triumphs over a person's life, not even his dignity.

If that's what you want, I'll haunt your heart.

If I have to, I'll take the devil's stock.

I'll be perfectly thankful for making the lifeguard a vain...!